commit 749e305d3671368a8d08de002f5235298ed1ed53

[Ralf Friedl]

> +               # need to use printf: different shells have inconsistent
> +               # rules re handling of "\n" in their params,
>   
Which shells have inconsistent handling? All shells that I have access 
to at the moment (ash, bash, sash, tcsh, zsh and busybox ash) print 
their params as is:
printf %s "\n" -> \n
Also, all of these shells convert \n in the format string to newline.

Ralf